Why did Estonia choose fiscal retrenchment after the 2008 crisis?

Journal of Public Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 163-186

  Raudla, Ringa ^a   Kattel, Rainer ^a  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC POLICY; FINANCIAL CRISIS; FISCAL POLICY; MACROECONOMICS; PUBLIC SPENDING;

ESTONIA;

EID: 79960263080     PISSN: 0143814X     EISSN: 14697815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0143814X11000067     Document Type: Article

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